Obesity epidemic of India

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Obesity in India is on the rise. It has reached enormous proportions. As I sit and count at airports, the number of women who look obviously overweight and obese, the figures I get is 8 out of 10. And this is around same in children of all sexes and around 6 in 10 men show clearcut overweight and obesity that is obvious even to naked eye. Anthropometric measurements might reveal more of them.  What are the likely causes? I have a theory that starts analysing these cases right from the 2000s or previous century. Junk food eating and sedantry lifestyle had already given an upward push to obesity in last century. And this also gave rise to diabetes mellitus in both men and women. Hence, such mothers also had diabetes in pregnancy. Some who did not have diabetes otherwise had gestational diabetes. From 2000 to 2026 prevalence of gestational diabetes has risen in india. It has even spread to rural areas and recent national data gives a figure of 22.4% which is almost 1 in 4 pregnant mot...
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Victoria Beckham and Robbie Williams had high mercury levels in their blood! What are the signs and reasons of mercury poisoning?

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 British singer Victoria Beckham learned the hard way that eating too much fish daily was not good for her body and brain. Last year, Victoria was found to have high levels of mercury in her body and hence was advised to cut down on her fish consumption. Reports state that fish have mercury in them and consumption of too much fish in the daily food could lead to mercury poisoning in the eater. The case was seen in Victoria and she has since reduced fish in her food, a source revealed.

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Victoria Beckham and her mercury poisoning

The wife of the legendary football player from the UK, David Beckham, singer Victoria Beckham used to consume a lot of fish in her daily meals. The Spice Girl member loved having fish and also was on a vegetarian diet. But last year, doctors found high levels of mercury in her body and have advised reducing fish in her food.

Last year, Victoria was at the posh Lanserhof health spa in Germany. At that time, tests done on her revealed high levels of the toxic metal mercury in her body. Since the source of this mercury is most likely from fish, she has to stop eating excessively of it. A source told The Sun UK:

“Victoria had off the scale levels of mercury,”

Victoria Beckham [Source: Page Six]

The insider added:

“So doctors gave her a liver flush to help rid the body of toxins.”

But the source said that the former Spice Girl is still having a lot of fish but she has stopped the intake of tuna and swordfish. These two types of fish presumably have high levels of methylmercury in them. The source said:

“She feels brilliant and is as lean and fit as ever,”

Robbie Williams [Source: The Independent]

Robbie Williams, the rocker also told Radio X Network that he also had toxic levels of mercury in his body following his pescatarian diet. He said:

“I was eating fish twice a day and I’ve got the highest mercury poisoning the doctor has ever seen,”

What is mercury poisoning?

Mercury in high levels is toxic for the body cells. It can kill them and hence is dangerous for the body. It can cause irritability, depression, memory loss, and also numbness. In some, when the levels reach toxic levels it can cause tremors, blindness, kidney failure and is even fatal. Hence it should be avoided and if found to be high in the body, appropriate treatment should be sought. 

Mercury poisoning and fish [Source: Healthline]

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